go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. live in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." right now at noon, a show of support and lots of helping hands following a shocking act at local jewish cemetery. you are looking live at chopper three as volunteers work to clean up a big mess left by vandals, who damaged hundreds of headstones. this is expected to be a two day clean up effort with some labor unions offering their services for free, good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. liver at the mount carmel cemetery, and joe, those work

versa lot of work ahead of them. >> or yen takes for workers happening right behind me, and they're right on time this noon hour. they are going to go from noon to 4:00. they expect groups of 50 people on the hour to come through here to do some raking to do some cleaning up, they're not going to be lifting any of the headstones as a place they're going to leave that to the professionals. let's go ahead and take you up to chopper three, give you some aerial shots of the damage over this cemetery, of course, it is still clear, what happened here saturday night, as police tell us when more than 100 headstones were toppled. >> the work to undo what so many have called pure evil is underway, people from across the country have reached out in the wake of extensive vandalism, at mount carmel jewish cemetery. >> when i first laid eyes on the devestation there, it was -- i didn't know what to say, what to do, utterly

disgusting. >> more than 100 headstones toppled sometime saturday night according to philadelphia police. reward to the cash to catch the vandals as, more than to $20 -- $20,000. >> people have been laid to rest here, and to -- i don't know what could make somebody do this. >> justice department has initiated civil rights investigation. police have not yet labeled the vandalism and destruction a crime of hate. police sources tell cbs-3 it is too preliminary to make any conclusion on the nature of their investigation. >> philadelphia always seems to shine, when the chips are down, which makes me proud to live here. i don't know that who ever find who did this. >> and in fact live here looking live again over mount carmel cemetery, there are so many significant stones here, stones weighing in excess of a ton that police say were just pushed over, again, no determination on who is responsible. but back down here on the

grounds, the group behind me, volunteers, is getting it march orders as to how they're going to proceedment it is a beautiful day and they expect many hands to join in in this effort. of course, catch the latest, starting on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. reporting live in the wissinoming section of philadelphia, joe holden, cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> good to at least keep banding together. thank you. and the fbi and justice department continue to investigate threats to jewish community centers across the nation. authorities have reported bomb threats to centers in 16 states, five of the centers received threats yesterday in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware, forcing evacuations. and police in chester country investigating a home invasion that resulted in a 72 year old woman being left in her closet for four days. the incident happened february k of creek road east brandywine township. police say the woman was getting out of her vehicle when grabbed from behind and hit in the back of the head. 2013 silver fiat 500 was also stolen. anyone with information is

asked to call police. >> in other news this noon, bucks county nurse charged with secretly taking pictures and videos of patients was in court this morning to answer more charges. the suspect nurse james close remains behind bars on $150,000 bail. police now say the close secretly took photos, recorded videos of seven additional women at ten medicine dermatology office in yardley. close was arraigned february 13th for secretly record ago nude teenage girl. spokeswoman from pen medicine released a statement "eyewitness news" saying we are appalled by the action of this former employee. and we are cooperating fully with this investigation. well, take a look at this, this is the scene after a small plane nose dive into two california homes killing three people and injuring two others. a husband, wife, and three teenagers were passengers in the plane. they were returning to san jose from a cheerleading competition in disneyland. one of the teens was thrown from the plane and rescued by firefighters from the burning home. she suffered only minor

injuries. and witnesses said it look like a stunt plane in free-fall, soon flames were everywhere, and the plane broke apart. resident of both homes are okay. and, severe turbulence caused american airlines plane to make an emergency landing flight in denver last night, the bouncing so bad that two people were hospitalized. the pilot of the boeing 737 said at some point he fell like he didn't even have control of the plane. the flight was headed from san diego to chicago. >> well, it is shaping up to be big night on capitol hill president trump delivers his first address to joint session of congress. cbs correspondent don champion tells us the president is expected to cover a lot of grounds from his proposed budget, tax cuts, to the repeal and replacement of the affordable care act. >> president trump is working on last minute preps ahead of his first joint address to congress. but he told fox news, fox and friends, that he's red. >> i all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. >> the president is proposing a budget with 10% increase in defense spending. that money will come from

budget cuts to government agencies such as the ep a and the state department. a large reduction in foreign aid. >> all we did was take his policies, turn it into a budget. that's what you've got. >> democratic leaders are already arguing the president's priorities are wrong. >> to increase defense by such a large amount, then cut the very programs that help middle class americans seems to me to be just totally wrong and out of wack. >> president trump will have an up him battle going another through congress, repeal and replacement of the affordable care act. i believe the odds are very high. we will keep the aca. >> republican lawmakers have been hearing from angry voters who are worried about losing their healthcare. and president trump acknowledged how tough it is to fix the healthcare system. >> you know healthcare is a very complex subject. if you do this, and it affect nine different things. if you do that, it affect 15 different things. >> president trump said also he will lay out a case for his

immigration policy. don champion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." cbs news coverage of president trump's address to congress start at 9:00 tonight. it will be followed by the response from the democrats, you can see it here on cbs-3 and streaming live on cbsphilly.com. >> new jersey governor chris christie is taking the wraps off his budget for fiscal year 2018. his spending plan is expected to increase funding to schools and pensions for state workers, address at 2:00 this afternoon, law makers have until july 1st to approve the budget. >> we are learning more this noon about this year's nfl draft which will take place right here in philadelphia at the end of april. the actual picks will take place in a venue built on the art museum steps between the franklin institute and that venue will be what's called nfl draft experience. >> the largest experience, free fran experience we've ever put on at the nfl, 25 field strong, activities every age, every fan.

>> sounds exciting. this is homecoming of sort for the nfl draft, first ever draft took place in philadelphia back in 1936. >> very exciting. >> looking forwards to it. >> me too. well, it has taken four years to become a reality. coming up on "eyewitness news," the host julie chen, which guest is finally coming on to the chat and sing. >> also ahead, placing the blame for the academy awards fiasco, and how tweets could have played a role in the flub. katie? >> well, jim, as we are looking ahead here, see the next couple of days not only are we going to be facing some stormy weather tomorrow but a lot of other ups and downs in the forecast, possibly even some snowflakes to tell you about. we will walk you through the

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>> welcome back everyone, the account g firm that overseas voting for the academy awards is explaining what happened leading up to sunday night's mix-up over best picture. price waterhouse cooper's revealed that the problem began when its accountant, handed presenter warren beaty a back-up envelope for best actress instead of the best picture envelope. he was tweeting photos minutes before the snafu. the firm says once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed, though, through quickly enough. >> got one job to do. that is to tabulate the ballots, and make sure the right ballots get in the right hands. unfortunately, they failed on that one job. >> i believe we agree.

price waterhouse coopers has since taken full responsibility for the mistake. the account g firm has tabulated the voting for the oscars for the past 83 years. yep, just one job, watch what do you have do in there. well it, has been four years in the making but finally today the talk, a huge guest will join the panel. >> that's right. julie chen took some time with our very own ukee washington to celebrate getting the one and only cher to join the four some at the table. >> i'm looking forward young laid toy seeing cher. you've been trying for years, long time, cher rarely does talk shows, what was the difference this time around? >> this time around i think cher realized that all five ladies of the talk, we bow to her. we are all diehard cher fans. sarah gilbert, who won't even wear a skirt dressed up as share for our last halloween lip-sync, wore the whole, if i could turn back time look,

where she has the fishnet, and the garter belt and the leather jacket and the teddy underneath or whatever it was, i mean, for sarah gilbert to do that, i think cher kind of said, all right, i get that these girls are serious. >> game on. >> that we like her. you know, cher has so much to say. she's a an outspoken woman. she is an oscar winner, a grammy winner, she's had her own tv shows, plural, star stage screen and singing, just she has a lot to say, she's a full hour. >> speaking of which i saw one of the promos it, looks like she performs. >> she is going to perform. she is going to come out and we are recreating for her her cher stage with the runway, bob mackee is designing for her. remember she used to have the cape, start out slow, and then she would, and then she would, and then game was on? that whole thing? i can't wait to see what look she will have specially for the talk.

>> sing, let me hear it. >> i can't sing, but it is a tie between if i could turn back time, do you believe in love, and i lover that due wet peter satera, after all. >> oh, sure, sure. how about if i be sonny? >> i'm tenaille salon. >> can i be sonny, you beer? >> can i have my moment? i got you babe. >> i got you babe. >> sonny and cher, watch the full one hour interview with cher and the ladies of the talk right here, 2:00 right here on cbs-3. well, it is a trip that's not for the faint of heart. >> yes, still ahead on "eyewitness news," how would you like to blast into space on a rocket without a pilot? two civilians will get the chance to do just that, when it will happen and where the destination will be next. katie? >> never too early to be talking about the weekends, looking ahead at this point to pretty decent upcoming weekend here, high pressure, sunshine for both days, looks like the

brighter, but also the chilliest day at best, we hit about 40 degrees saturday, but we do warm up nicely in the sunday with highs in the mid 50's, and a lot of other temperatures to talk about, a lot of swings going on, with this very crazy weather pattern, and we'll break it down for you on the other side. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios get the best. get fios.

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reporting 11 members after marching bands were injured, three critically. the vehicle that went out of control was reportedly part of the parade. now on saturday, a car crashed into a mard mardi grass parade n new orleans, 28 people were hurt. >> well, anyone up for a trip for out of this world? space x has announced mission to the moon for private citizens, ceo elan mosque says two people will fly around the moon late next year. he won't say who the people are, or how much they're going to pay for the trip. the spacecraft will be fully automated, without a pilot on board, i may add, and this will be the first trip to the moon since the 19 70s. >> so really flying solo. >> i don't even walk by a phone whether it is first out. >> no kidding. >> i'll wait a few years for this thing to work out. >> how i felt about the driver less car, like you guys can test them. >> exactly? >> fascinating to me. but yes, you get up there. then what? okay, now we're here? now what? >> how do we get back?

>> fascinating though. but you know, back here on planet earth, really nice, really nice afternoon already unfolding, couple every clouds here and there, generally speaking lookin looking ahead ty volatile pattern specially by tomorrow with potent cold front crossing in, very likely some showers early as tonight. so, let's get you out, there we start off by looking at the storm scan, but at the moment is very quiet. you did have really nice bright blue sky from the majority of the morning in most low cases, clouds are starting to build back in right now, so we went with partly sunny for the day's forecast, because you will be looking at sunshine or clouds or mix of the two, the nicks is what we are finding at the moment. but with time, we start to see this batch of rain moving in, and it looks like later on tonight into tomorrow morning, there will be some steadier batches of rain that move through our area, snow is just the beginning, folks, of storm system that continues to get its act together, by the time it reaches us though with the cold front passage that's coming with it, we will be sitting in the potential for

some severe weather. so slight risk, in other words, the second tear up from lowest to highest on the totem pole, i like to call it here, of severe weather categorization, in other words, pretty decent heavier thunderstorms that rumble through here, at this moment, i'm expecting the downpours and gusty wind are going to be the main concerns out of this, likely also be some frequent cloud to ground lightning, hail also moderate threat and tornado activity definitely a low risk, but it is still a risk, with a set up like this. and it is eventually going to just sort of depends on how much sunlight do you really get before the storms get here. how much instability can you build up in the atmosphere, and are the conditions just right? and at this point it looks like again downpours and wind the concern. future weather looking ahead to the early hours of tomorrow, tail end of the rush featuring very heavy rain if not some thunderstorms for the lehigh valley, the pocono region, tail ends of the morning drive. then look how it brightens up. now again, this is model. but if you get nice bright

sunshine like that all you can do at the surface is heat up in advance of the squawl line. squawl line will come through mid to late afternoon, perfect timing for the kids to be getting out of school, and keep in mind could you have some troubles for p.m. rush. not everyone getting hit at the same time and it likely lingers with heavy thunderstorms into the tail end of the evening. then we start to clear out pretty quitely, this does just rush out at the scene and left with sunshine and cooler forecast by thursday. at the moment, the clouds are starting to builds in for us here outside palmyra cove nature park, you can make out the center city skyline. we look forward, yes, you know, we're all over the place, mid 60s here today. mid 70s, flirting with records tomorrow. back to the 50's, and the 40's, just barely hitting 40 saturday. so march very much charging in like a lion tomorrow. it is also by the way the start of meteorological spring, we will know spring time can bring pretty much anything that mother nature decides to throw at us. >> as long as i'm not shoveling snow, thank you, katie.

take a look at this video, massive sinkhole in hoboken, new jersey, swallowed an s.u.v. early this morning, now the sinkhole caused by water main just before 5:00 a.m. the water so deep at one point, the suv couldn't be seen. >> used a crane to hoist the truck out of the hole. it sent water rushing into the streets, left some in the area without water service. we're coming r

>> a tour group brought in to check out the big snow and neat celebrities, today media outlets are report that one of the tourists has a bit of a background. more on the oscar fall out today at 5:00. and then at 6:00 it is potentially deadly infection that claims more lives than heart disease. shows you how this devastating condition stays alive in two local families, the change they're now calling for tonight at 6:00. >> thousands of people are crowding the streets of new orleans today for the annual mardi grass celebration. >> fat tuesday the culmination of the city carnival season. families, tourists and locals set up chairs along the parade route along the sanes charles avenue to catch trinkets thrown by riders on the floats, at the stroke of midnight tonight, police on horseback will do a ceremonial clearing, to mark the formal ends of the marched i grass season. >> and today is also the day to indulge in some food. pat gel end was in mayfair making fast nats this morning, the bakery has been making

them for the past 86 years, all the work being done truely a family affair. >> three sons are with me, my wife in the store, my mom coming in to work today, fun day. when your family is together, it is sort of like christmas or thanksgiving together. but if that works, you know, great day. >> and fash naught day falls on what's also called fat tuesday, tomorrow is the first day of the lent ton season. >> and i had two of themment and they were delicious. >> and that's "eyewitness news" at noon, for now, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon for all of us here, thanks for watching, "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always on line at cbsphilly.com. >> of course the young and the restless is next. have a great day everyone. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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